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Masters of Mankind

Adam Smith is routinely trotted out by pundits to justify the
current economic system. Yet the Smith that is represented bares little
resemblance to reality. If he were around today he probably would be appalled
at the way his name and ideas are being bandied about. All that stuff about the
free market and entrepreneurial spirit are slogans to prevent people from
understanding how the economy really works. Actual capitalism relies on
significant government intervention and taxpayer subsidies. Who after all
bailed out Wall Street banks and financial institutions? In sector after sector
it is public money that paves the way for private profit. Take computers and
the Internet. Where did they come from? Bill Gates working in a garage in Palo
Alto? Hardly. They were products of the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency.

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Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud. The legendary MIT professor practically invented modern linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is “America’s greatest intellectual” who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” He is the author of scores of books, including Hopes & Prospects, ﻿Masters of Mankind, How the World Works, and Power Systems with David Barsamian.